Nurse Residency Program at Meriter Hospital

Meriter Hospital proudly offers a nurse residency program for new graduate cardiac/critical care, medical/surgical/operating room and emergency services nurses.

The ten month residency program provides numerous learning opportunities and introduces participants to all phases of inpatient care and resource personnel. The program offers structured classroom content in conjunction with monthly small group discussion sessions and clinical shadowing experiences. Program content is also configured to support the achievement of the personal goals identified within the individual professional development plan written by each resident.

Meriter Hospital - located in Madison, Wisconsin - is a 448-bed non-profit teaching hospital, and provides innovative and comprehensive health care services. For more information about Meriter, visit the Overview of Meriter section.
 
 

Program Highlights

• Individual assessment of resident learning needs and creation of a professional development plan.
• Linkage with unit-based orientation processes and clinical preceptors.
• Ongoing learning sessions to discuss clinical and nursing leadership topics with Meriter Hospital experts representing clinical nurse specialists, clinical nurse educators, nurse leaders, physicians, other interdisciplinary care team members and human resource development personnel.
• Skill development.
• Application of critical thinking principles.
• Relationship building and support for effective social integration into the work environment.

The nurse residency program is coordinated by an advanced degreed Clinical Nurse Educator in the Nursing Education Department of the hospital. The program coordinator will work with each individual resident as well as within the group learning sessions to assure that all possible educational resources are made available and learning needs are met.

At Meriter Hospital you will find a commitment to nursing excellence that will support you in becoming the nurse you aspire to be.

Eligibility

The basic requirements for acceptance into the Nurse Residency Program at Meriter Hospital are:

• Acceptance of Meriter nursing employment offer following graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
   
• Successful completion of the NCLEX within six weeks of graduation date.
   
• Successful completion of the initial hospital orientation and probationary periods.
   
• Willingness to actively participate in all learning sessions and complete program-related activities which include but are not limited to clinical journaling, knowledge assessment and survey tool completion.
   
• Commitment to working a minimum of two years within the designated clinical area.

Hospital Application and Program Enrollment

There are three steps to the enrollment process for the Nurse Residency program:

1. Complete an employment application; this may be found in the Meriter Careers section of our Web site.

2. Complete a current resume and paste in the designated space on the employment application.

3. Print the Meriter Nurse Residency Program Enrollment Form. (This form is an Adobe Acrobat file. To open this file, you need to have an Adobe Acrobat Reader - a free plug-in - on your computer. Download Adobe Acrobat Reader Now For Free!)

Residency opportunities are based on unit needs and the number of positions posted. Please visit the Meriter Careers section to view current openings.

Please submit all materials to:

Rhonda M. Thrall (HR Generalist – Nursing)
Meriter Hospital – Human Resources Department
202 S. Park Street
Madison, WI 53715

Rhonda may also be contacted for additional information at (608) 417-6567 or rthrall@meriter.com.


Meriter's Nurse Residency Program is partially funded through the Meriter Foundation.

1/21/2008